TABLE 3.
Estimated cost of consumables and labor time that result from postenrichment pooled NAAT
| No. of specimens tested (no. of pools tested) | Cost ($a [% savings per pool resolvedb]) |
Time (h [% savings per pool resolvedb]) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 resolved | 1 resolved | 2 resolved | 0 resolved | 1 resolved | 2 resolved | |
| 90 (9) | 42.63 (81) | 79.43 (65) | 105.20 (53) | 1.62 (66) | 3.17 (33) | 3.57 (25) |
| 70 (7) | 36.55 (80) | 73.36 (59) | 99.12 (44) | 1.51 (62) | 3.06 (22) | 3.46 (12) |
| 50 (5) | 31.06 (76) | 67.87 (48) | 93.63 (29) | 1.41 (55) | 2.96 (6) | 3.36 (−7) |
| 30 (3) | 25.27 (71) | 62.08 (27) | 87.84 (−3) | 1.30 (44) | 2.85 (−22) | 3.25 (−39) |
| 10 (1) | 19.49 (51) | 56.30 (−42) | 82.06 (−107) | 1.20 (23) | 2.75 (−78) | 3.15 (−103) |
a
Supply costs were based on online listings excluding shipping as of March 2014 and included extraction and qPCR controls.
b
A positive percent savings (i.e., 82%) indicates that the pooled method provides benefits over the unpooled method (i.e., 82% savings). A negative percent savings (i.e., −42%) indicates that the pooled method is more expensive or timely than the unpooled methods (i.e., costs 42% more).